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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Our family room is what we call our "lodge room", because it makes me feel like I'm in the north woods. We found this Farm Bureau sign with my husband's grandpa's name on it. I'm sure grandma thought it was destined for the "holler". It has a lot of meaning to us and works great in this rustic room on the barn siding walls.

This little beauty is a set of antlers converted to a hat rack. In the top right corner of this picture you can see a portion of our junky green oars that hang above the windows. Below is an old tree with the branches chopped off that I put in a basket to use as another hat rack. My hubby has lots and lots of hats! A bow back saw placed beside the stone fireplace is another junk find from the farm.This is my second in a series of four season "friendship" paintings and is available right now on eBay. The winter print and card is available on my Etsy shop . More painting tips coming soon!

Is this still painted on 6"x6" canvas? I love the darker edge (which gives an "ancient" look, a bit like "it was buried under a lot of stuff somewhere in Grand-Ma's attic") and the lettering. Do you transfer the lettering first or do you paint it directly?

I come here every other day to see if there's anything new. I just love what I see.

I just disovered your work on Etsy. I cant get it out of my mind!!! I feel as though I have dreamed of the beautiful places you are painting! I am just in LOVE with this quaint little place. I want to jump through the paintings and move in to one of the cottages! I am going to purchse both the Meet me at the garden gate and Hazy Summer Days cards and frame them to hang in my home. I live in a quaint little cottage with my husband, five little boys and our sweet dog Lady. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! These paintings make me feel so happy and calm when I look at them! So beautiful. I would love for you to stop by my blog one day when you have time :)

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Take a stroll with me through whimsical folk art scenes depicting the lives of interesting people and their families, like 73 year old Mabel of Whitby Cottage who had to retire her bike to her garden. I enjoy writing simple stories about the everyday folk who inhabit these scenes. When you click on the scene, a little story tells you about the people who live there. My imagination comes alive as my brush works on the canvas and I dream of quaint little villages where I would want to work and live.......Or, you can simply consume one of my calorie free pieces of dessert yumminess!